Clubs
& SuchBoy Scout Troop #398 meets at the Cedar Creek Bible Church from 7-8:30
p.m. each Tuesday. For more information, call (903) 498-5725 or (903)
498-3830.Cedar Creek Art Society
meets from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the last Thursday of each month at the
Mabank Volunteer Fire Department. A $3 donation per artist is asked.Cedar Creek Domino Club
meets each week on Wednesday at the Mabank Volunteer Fire Department.
For more info, call (903) 498-4351.Cedar Creek NAR-ANON
meets at 8 p.m. on Tuesday at 715 S. Hwy. 274, Ste. D in Seven Points.
(903) 432-2405. Cedar Creek Narcotics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m., Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday, at 715 S. Hwy. 274, Ste. D in Seven Points. (903)
432-2405. Saturday is a 10 p.m. candlelight meeting.Cedar Creek 49ers Club
meets every Thursday and fourth Saturday for fellowship and dancing.
Doors open at 6 p.m. The club is located off Arnold Hill Road in Seven
Points. Call for more information, (903) 432-3552.Cedar Creek Lake Kiwanis Club meets at noon each Wednesday at The Jalapeno Tree
in Gun Barrel City, except the second week of the month, when the club
meets Thursday in conjunction with the area chamber of commerce
luncheon.Cedar Creek Optimist Club
meets every Tuesday at noon at the Dairy Queen in Seven Points. For more
information please call Danny Hampel at (903) 778-4508.Cedar Creek Republican Club
meets every fourth Thursday. For more information call (903) 887-4867.Cedar Creek Rotary Club
meets at noon each Friday at Vetoni’s Italian Restaurant. For more
information, call Dee Ann Owens at (903) 340-2415.Cub Scout Pack #333
meets at the First United Methodist Church of Mabank the second and
fourth Monday at 7 p.m. For information, call Mary Harris at (903)
451-5280 or Tonya Capley at (903) 498-4725.Girl Scout Troop #112 meets at the First United Methodist Church in
Mabank the second and fourth Monday at 7 p.m. For more info, call
GeriLeigh Stotts at (469) 323-7943 or Malisa Bilberry at (903) 340-7451,
or email
glbstotts@hotmail.comDisabled American Veterans Chapter 101 meets the second Monday of each month at the
Senior Citizens Center on Hwy. 31 in Athens. Girl Scout Troop 2667
meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Aley United Methodist Church.
For more information, please call Suzann Smith at (903) 887-3889.Gun Barrel Quilter’s Guild
meets from 10 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at the
Tri-County Library in Mabank. For more information, please call (903)
451-4221.Kaufman County Republican Women’s Club
meets the third Saturday of each month at the Farm Bureau Insurance
Company, located at 2477 N. Hwy. 34 in Kaufman. For more info, call
(972) 287-1239 or (903) 880-6770.Kemp Kiwanis Club
meets at noon each Tuesday at the Nutrition Center in Kemp. For more
information, please call Dr. Jim Collinsworth at (903) 887-7486.Lake Area Council of the Blind
meets at 6 p.m. on the second Saturday of the month at West Athens
Baptist Church.Lake Area Democrats Club
meets at 6:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month at Dairy Queen in
Seven Points. Everyone is welcome. Email
bhanstrom@embarqmail.com for more information.Mabank/Cedar Creek Area Lions Club
meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Tri-County
Library in Mabank. Call (903) 887-5252 for info.Mabank Garden Club
meets at 2:45 p.m. at the Tri-County Library on the third Tuesday of
every month (different times in May and December).Oak Harbor/Tanglewood Crime Watch
meets at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month at the R.T. Beamguard
Community Center in Oak Harbor.Roddy Masonic Lodge
meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Monday each month. Call (903) 887-6201 for
info.RootSeekers
meet at 7 p.m. on the third Monday of the month in the Tri-County
Library in downtown Mabank. The public is welcome to attend.Southeast Kaufman County Senior Citizens Center
Board of Directors meets at 1 p.m. on
the fourth Thursday of each month at the center, located at 300 N.
Dallas Street in Kemp. For more info, call (903) 498-2140.SUICIDE SURVIVORS GROUP
for those grieving the loss of someone by suicide, meets every Monday at
6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Mabank.TAMARACK LADIES CLUB
meets at 11 a.m. the first Wednesday of each month at the TLC Hall.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meet at 6 p.m. each Monday at the First
Baptist Church of Mabank. Contact Gaye Ward at (903) 887-5913 for more
info.TVCC Singles
meet at 7 p.m. each Monday in the Nutrition Center at TVCC, located off
Park Street near the Athens Country Club. This is a support group for
singles of all ages and is supported by TVCC. For more info, call Hilda
Anding at (903) 489-2259.

Tool
inaugurates annual festivalMemorial Day weekend, a favorite time to get out
to city eventsBy Pearl Cantrell
Monitor Staff Writer
TOOL–It was a day for festivals in the Cedar Creek Lake area
Saturday in anticipation of Memorial Day Monday.
Tool city mayor Mike Black felt it was a good time to schedule the
inaugural Tool Fest, benefiting the city’s new volunteer fire
department.“We
thought today would be a good day to get the community to circulate
through out the lake area to all the cities and see what each has,”
Black said.

Monitor Photo/Pearl Cantrell
Fellow firefighters and officials from Seven Points and Gun Barrel
City join the new Volunteer Fire Department of Tool at its inaugural
festival May 23.

The area Chamber of Commerce held its Arts Festival all day May 23.
(See page XX for related story and photos.)
Tool set its festival for the afternoon and Gun Barrel City put on a
homecoming celebration marking its 40th anniversary, culminating in
a fireworks display. (See pages XX of the May 28 issue of The
Monitor.)
Payne Springs Volunteer Fire Department also held a fish fry that
evening. (See pages XX.)
“We’re trying to work together and support the other cities in their
events, too,” Tool event co-organizer Charli Black told The Monitor.
“We’ll all go to see the arts fair in Mabank and the homecoming in
Gun Barrel City,” she added.

The Tool City fire department put its equipment on
display including an ambulance and fire truck, while its members
manned the grilling and deep-frying stations, producing grilled
hamburgers and hotdogs and freshly cooked French fries.
The foodstuffs were donated by Whataburger, Brookshire’s and
David’s.
Cold drinks were provided by Dr Pepper and ice from Scottie’s Exxon,
Circle S and Lucky One Stop.
Besides a silent auction and bake sale, courtesy of Janna B’s, an
information table was a centerpiece of the festival.
“We wanted the community to get together and learn about all the
services and businesses in the area, such as the food pantry at the
Cedar Creek United Methodist Church,” Charli Black said.
The city plans to continue the festival in the years ahead, as a
time when west side lake residents can get together for fun and
information.